Georges Rouget

Georges Rouget studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are history. Places of work recorded in the authority are France. Work by Georges Rouget is recorded in the collections of Musée de l'Histoire de France, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris, Musée Fesch and Bavarian State Painting Collections. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.

• Name — Georges Rouget • Birth Name — Marie-Georges-Louis Rouget • Born — 26 August 1783 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 9 April 1869 26 August 1783 • Place of death — Paris, France • Known for — Painting • Training — École des beaux-arts de Paris, then studio of David • Movement — Neoclassicism • Notable Works — Marriage of Napoleon and Marie-Louise, Portrait of David • Awards — Second Prix de Rome (1803), Knight of the Légion d'honneur

After studying in the École des Beaux-Arts, Rouget entered David's studio in 1797 and rapidly became his favorite student. Rouget began his professional career as his master's main assistant until David's exile to Brussels, collaborating with him on the canvases Bonaparte at the Grand-Saint-Bernard, The Coronation of Napoleon (of which he made a copy signed by David), Leonidas at Thermopylae and on one of the three copies of the Portrait of Pope Pius VII. Though he won the second prize in the Prix de Rome contest in 1803, he failed three times to win the first prize. He produced many canvases for the First French Empire and the Bonapartes, such as The Marriage of Napoleon and Marie Louise in 1811. His career spanned several regimes, and he produced numerous paintings of great moments in French history, often at the behest of the government. Many of his paintings adorned the Musée de Versailles opened by Louis-Philippe in 1837.

• Illustration — Death of Demosthenes (1805) • Illustration — The Wedding of Napoleon and Marie Louise (1810) • Illustration — Saint Louis Mediating Between the King of England and His Barons (1822) • Illustration — Cupid Pleading Venus to Forgive Psyche (1827) • Illustration — Napoleon Receiving the Senate at Saint-Cloud to be Proclaimed Emperor (1837)